Speyer Cathedral*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	Germany
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii
Reference	168
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription History
Inscription	1981  (5th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

The Speyer Cathedral (officially: Mariendom (Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Steven), but more often called Kaiserdom zu Speyer (Imperial Cathedral of Speyer) ^[1]) is a very large and imposing basilica of red sandstone in Speyer, Germany. it is the city most important landmark. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 971 KB) Speyer Dom - License: GFDL - own picture - 2005/Feb/26 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cathedral architecture of Western Europe Speyer Diocese of Speyer... As of 2006, there are a total of 830 World Heritage Sites located in 138 State Parties. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... St. ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ... Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx. ...

Built at the instigation of emperor Conrad II in 1030-1061 as his choice of final resting place, it became the burial site of 7 more German emperors and kings as well as some of their wives and a number of bishops. Like other cathedrals built at the instigation of emperors around that time in Germany, e.g. Worms, Mainz, it acquired the name Kaiserdom (Imperial Cathedral). Conrad II (circa 990 - June 4, 1039) was the son of count Henry of Speyer. ...

In 1981, the cathedral was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List of culturally important sites.^[2] UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...

The building has preserved its original style making it one of the noblest examples of pure and clear Romanesque architecture now extant. A distinctive feature is the colonnaded gallery that goes around the entire building, just below the roofline. The imposing triple-aisled vaulted basilica is the culmination of a design which was extremely influential in the subsequent development of Romanesque architecture during the 11th and 12th centuries. The cathedral’s hallmarks are the balanced distribution of its east and west ends and the symmetrical arrangement of four towers at the corners of the body of the structure formed by the nave and transept. South transept of Tournai Cathedral, Belgium, 12th century. ... Enormous colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg. ... A balcony comprising a balustrade supported at either end by plinths. ... Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... Cathedral ground plan. ...

The Speyer Cathedral has a checkered history, its disasters culminating in 1689, when the soldiers of Louis XIV burned it to the bare walls.^[3] Restored in 1772-1784 and provided with a vestibule and façade, it was again desecrated by the French in 1794; but in 1846-1853 it was once more thoroughly restored and adorned in the interior with frescoes at the expense of king Ludwig I of Bavaria. “Sun King” redirects here. ... A floorplan with a modern vestibule shown in red. ... West facade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or façade) (Pronounced fa-sa-de) is generally the exterior of a building — especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ... Ludwig I (or Louis I, which is the French form of his name, his godfather was Louis XVI of France) (Strasbourg, August 25, 1786 – February 29, 1868 in Nice) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ...

The graves of the emperors and kings were originally placed in the central aisle in front of the altar. In the course of the centuries knowledge of the exact location was lost. In a big excavation campaign in 1900 the graves were discovered and opened. Some of the contents, e. g. clothing, can be seen at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate near the cathedral. The restored coffins of the emperors and kings and some of their wives were relocated into a newly constructed crypt open to the public under the main altar in 1906.

The emperors and kings resting in the Speyer Cathedral are:

• Conrad II (died 1039) and his wife Gisela († 1043)
• Henry III (died 1056), Son of Conrad II.
• Henry IV (died 1106), Son of Henry III. and his wife Bertha (died 1087)
• Henry V (died 1125), Son of Henry IV.
• Beatrice I (died 1184), second wife of Frederick Barbarossa and their daughter Agnes
• King Philipp of Swabia († 1208), son of Frederick Barbarossa
• King Rudolph of Habsburg (died 1291)
• King Adolph of Nassau (died 1298)
• King Albert of Austria (died 1308), Son of Rudolph of Habsburg

Speyer Cathedral.

The large cathedral bowl (Domnapf) in front of the west facade formerly marked the boundary between the episcopal and municipal territories. Each new bishop on his election had to fill the bowl with wine, while the burghers emptied it to his health. Conrad II (c. ... Events June 4 - Henry III becomes King of Germany. ... // Events Edward the Confessor crowned King of England at Winchester Cathedral. ... Henry III, from a miniature of 1040. ... Events Creation of the Crab Nebula observed by a Chinese astronomer Anselm of Canterbury leaves Italy. ... HEINRIC·IMP[ERATOR], Emperor Henry IV. Henry IV (November 11, 1050 – August 7, 1106) was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084, until his forced abdication in 1105. ... Events September 28 - Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Tinchebrai, and imprisons him in Cardiff Castle; Edgar Atheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner. ... Events May 9 - The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari. ... Henry IV (left) and son Henry V (right). ... Events May 23 - Lothair of Saxony becomes Holy Roman Emperor on the death of Henry V. War ends between Toulouse and Provence. ... Beatrice of Burgundy (died November 15, 1184) was the daughter and heiress of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy, and the second wife and Empress of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. ... // Events Abbeville receives its commercial charter. ... Frederick Barbarossa in a 13th century chronicle. ... Philip of Swabia (1177-1208), German king and duke of Swabia, the rival of the emperor Otto IV, was the fifth and youngest son of the emperor Frederick I and Beatrix, daughter of Renaud III, count of Burgundy, and consequently brother of the emperor Henry VI. He entered the church... January 31 - Inferior Swedish forces defeats the invading danes in Battle of Lena. ... The brass of the tomb of Rudolph I in Speyer Rudolph I (Rudolph of Habsburg) (May 1, 1218 – July 15, 1291) was a German king, who played a vital role in raising the Habsburg family to a leading position among the royal dynasties of Germany. ... For broader historical context, see 1290s and 13th century. ... Adolf of Nassau (ca. ... Events July 2 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. ... Albrecht I of Habsburg (July 1255 – May 1, 1308), sometimes named as Albert I, was King of Germany, Duke of Austria, and eldest son of German King Rudolph I of Habsburg and Gertrude of Hohenburg. ... Events Henry VII is elected as king of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (2043 × 1528 pixel, file size: 475 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Speyerer Dom von der Altrhein-Schleife bei Berghausen (Pfalz) aus gesehen Source: private Author: EvaK Date: 2005-04-22 Permission: GNU-FDL / CC-BY-SA... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (2043 × 1528 pixel, file size: 475 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Speyerer Dom von der Altrhein-Schleife bei Berghausen (Pfalz) aus gesehen Source: private Author: EvaK Date: 2005-04-22 Permission: GNU-FDL / CC-BY-SA...

The sculpture of The Mount of Olives is located in the south garden, and used to be at the centre of the cloister joined to the southern wall of the cathedral. The Speyer sculptor, Gottfried Renn created the present group of figures in the 19th century, since the original sculpture from the 15th century was destroyed. The outline of the former cloister can be seen as pavement around the Mount of Olives.

Dimensions

• Total length: 134 m (from the steps at the entrance to the exterior wall of the east apse)
• Width of the nave: 37.62 m (from exterior wall to exterior wall)
• Height of the nave at the vertex of the vaults: 33 m
• Height of the eastern spires: 71.20 m
• Height of the western spires: 65.60 m
• Crypt Length: east-west 35 m; north-south 46 m Height: between 6.2 m and 6.5 m

References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Encyclopædia Britannica, the eleventh edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

Notes

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External links

• Dombauverein Speyer - Cathedral Building Association site (English)
• Speyer.de - description and tourism information (English)
• Official site - full of pictures and information (German)

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Coordinates: 49.3172° N 8.4424° E Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...